EVENT AGENDA
Road Map 2020: Navigating the Future of Business
Portofino Bay Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Monday, February 28, 2011
The Chamber’s Campaign for Free Enterprise states that 20 million jobs are needed this decade to replace the jobs lost and to meet the needs of America’s growing workforce. What will the business environment be like when we meet that goal in 2020? Mired in the challenges of the day in an era of rapidly developing technologies, unprecedented innovation, extreme competition and other evolving threats, we cannot afford to wait and see what the future holds. During this half-day event, we will delve into some of the greatest challenges that lie ahead for the business community.
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7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
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8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
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Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Host
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8:35 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
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America in 2020
Tucker Carlson, Contributor, FOX News, and Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Caller
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9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
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Cyber Security in 2020
The importance of cyber security as a national concern and policy issue has reached a tipping point. Cyber-threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face in America. This panel will examine how our economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cyber security and how cyber crimes will impact the way we do business.
• The Hon. Franklin D. Kramer, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security, and Vice Chairman of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors
General Michael V. Hayden, Principal, Chertoff Group, and Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
The Hon. Frances Townsend, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Government, Legal and Business Affairs, MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings, Inc. and Former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Introduced and Moderated by: Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, Executive Vice President, U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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Break
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10:15 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
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China in 2020
It’s not news that China is a formidable economic powerhouse and its influence is escalating around the globe but how will China change in the next decade? Will the 21st century be known as the Chinese century? How will America’s relationship with China evolve? The objective of the panel is to take a look at where China will be in 2020. Our panel of experts will look at critical issues including energy and environment, demographics, and innovation and industrial development that will determine the future trajectory of China’s development and our bilateral relations.
James McGregor, Senior Counselor, APCO Worldwide
Trevor Houser, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics and Partner, The Rhodium Group
Evan A. Feigenbaum, Director of Asia, Eurasia Group
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Introduced and Moderated by: Richard P. McGregor, Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times, and Author of The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers
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11:20 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
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The World in 2020
George Friedman, Founder and CEO, STRATFOR
Introduced and Moderated by: Margaret Spellings, President, U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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11:55 a.m. – Noon
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Closing Remarks and Adjournment
William G. Little, Chairman, National Chamber Foundation, and President and Chief Executive Officer, Quam-Nichols Company, Inc.
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